View Documents Related to the Lecture
The following is a chronological index of letters and documents relating to J. Robert Oppenheimer's invitation to speak at Dartmouth College, the confirmation of his travel plans, and the appreciation of involved parties. Each entry is linked to a scan of the document described, which is accompanied by a transcription.
- Letter from Robert Huke, Dartmouth College, to Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, 11 September 1958. Huke extends an invitation to lecture to Oppenheimer.
- Telegram from Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, to Robert Huke, Dartmouth College, 25 October 1958. Oppenheimer accepts the invitation to lecture.
- Letter from Robert Huke, Dartmouth College, to Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, 29 October 1958. Huke writes to Oppenheimer to confirm details of the visit.
- Letter from Leonard Rieser, Jr., Dartmouth College, to Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, 4 November 1958. Reiser invites Oppenheimer to speak to the students of the Physics Department during his visit.
- Letter from Robert Huke, Dartmouth College, to Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, 9 February 1959. Hukes writes regarding publicity for the lecture and to offer travel suggestions.
- Letter from Leonard Rieser, Jr., Dartmouth College, to Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, 11 February 1959. Rieser repeats his invitation to Oppenheimer to speak to the students of the Physics Department.
- Letter from Robert Huke, Dartmouth College, to Mrs. Wilder Hobson, Princeton University, 17 February 1959. Huke thanks Hobson for a photograph of Oppenheimer, and confirms that he will meet Oppenheimer at the Lebanon airport.
- Letter from Robert Huke, Dartmouth College, to Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, 23 February 1959. Huke describes publicity and the size of the lecture hall, and invites Oppenheimer's wife to accompany him.
- Letter from Robert Huke, Dartmouth College, to Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, 10 March 1959. Huke changes to the date of the lecture to 14 April 1959.
- Letter from Thomas Green, WDCR at Dartmouth College, to Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, 15 April 1959. Green thanks Oppenheimer for permission to broadcast the lecture, and gives technical details of the recording.
- Letter from Leonard Rieser, Jr., Dartmouth College, to Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, 16 April 1959. Rieser thanks Oppenheimer for his lecture, and informs him that it was broadcast on 15 April 1959.
- Letter from Robert Oppenheimer, Princeton University, to Robert Huke, Dartmouth College, 21 April 1959. Oppenheimer thanks Huke for his hospitality.
- Conn, Robert H. "Dr. Oppenheimer Stresses Science's Edge on Culture." The Dartmouth, 15 April 1959. An article published in the student The Dartmouth summarizing Oppenherimer's lecture.
Letters, telegram, and audio materials reproduced here with the kind assistance of the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, who hold the originals in the Papers of J. Robert Oppenheimer, and in the Motion Picture, Broadcast, and Recorded Sound Division, National Audiovisual Conservation Center, Packard Campus, Culpeper, VA.